CSS Shorthand Cheat Sheet by Example

Margin & Padding

#div { margin-top: 0; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 15px; (auto, 0, px, pt, em or %) } #div { margin:0 5px 10px 15px; (top right bottom left) } #div { margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 20px; } #div { margin:10px 20px 0; (top right/left bottom) } #div { margin-top: 0; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: auto; } #div { margin:0 auto; (top/bottom left/right) }

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#div { margin-top: 50px; margin-right: 50px; margin-bottom: 50px; margin-left: 50px; } #div { margin:50px; (top/right/bottom/left) }

Border
#div { border-width: 5px; (thin, thick, medium or set value) (default = medium) border-style: dotted; (solid, dashed, dotted, double, etc) (default = none) border-color: blue; (named, hex, rgb or 0-255) (default = value of elements/ elements parent color property) } #div { border:5px dotted blue; } #div { border-right-width: 2px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #666666; } #div { border-right:2px solid #666; } #div { border-top-width: 3px; border-right-width: 2px; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-width: 2px; } #div { border-width:3px 2px; }

Background
#div { background-color: #CCCCCC; (named, hex, rgb or 0-255) (default = transparent) background-image: url(images/bg.gif); (url or none) (default = none) background-repeat: no-repeat; (repeat, repeat-x, repeat-y or no-repeat) (default = repeat) background-attachment: scroll; (fixed or scroll) (default = scroll) background-position: top left; (top, right, left, bottom or center) (default = 0% 0%) } #div { background:#CCC url(images/bg.gif) no-repeat 0 0; }

Font
#div { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; (Verdana, Arial, Times New Roman, etc) (default = browse based) font-size: 12px; (xx-small, medium, x-large, set value, etc) (default = medium) font-weight: bold; (normal, bold, bolder, lighter, 100-900 or inherit) (default = normal) font-style: italic; (normal, italic or oblique) (default = normal) font-variant: normal; (normal or small-caps) (default = normal) line-height: 1.5; (normal, px, pt, em, num or %) (default = normal) } #div { font:italic bold 12px/1.5 Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; }

List
#div { list-style-image: url(images/bullet.gif); (url or none) (default = none) list-style-position: inside; (inside or outside) (default = outside) list-style-type: square; (circle, disc, square, etc) (default = disc) } #div { list-style:square inside url(images/bullet.gif); }

Color
Aqua: #00ffff to #0ff Black: #000000 to #000 Blue: #0000ff to #00f Dark Grey: #666666 to #666 Fuchsia:#ff00ff to #f0f Light Grey: #cccccc to #ccc Lime: #00ff00 to#0f0 Orange: #ff6600 to #f60 Red: #ff0000 to #f00 White: #ffffff to #fff Yellow: #ffff00 to #ff0